The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-10

of bullion.
 Ba5 # t,iars ba wealth in hcr moan
 ains, what und2clayel dividends there
 1re in every acre of her rich valleys
 .,nl broad mesas. The sun shines up-
 on no richer land than that whi,h lies Ialong and aljlcent tr the Gila and | Coior1io rivers; valleys, b15toms, foot
 nils, tablellnis and ;aesas, await in
 s'.e;r virgin richness, hat rha tonch of
 he f,rnar, the h,:,icllturlst and the
 vine-rrower, to produce results that
 will exceeI in spIrnior, the willest
 lrelm5 og the most san.1ina. Is this exaggAration, when t@ig from n fs
 nee aaues in the c.ouId Will produce luscious fra; t'la taair.' year, ana grown trees two anl three crops annually
 Where grape cuttings bear fally the second year. anl f.eq1ensIy ihe first
 And wherein .rk you this the fruit ripens from n month to six weeks ear Her than 1t does in Southern Califor- ..il or any other section of the Ameri- aau continent. What possibilities there are in this fact alone, Wi.h the s. T. F. R. running through the county, the fruit market of the east and west commlnis your price and takes your proluct from yoar very doors.
 On July 4,h Gtl Norton sent to Los Angeles nine dif,rrnt varieties of @r,.es gown in jle yords at Yuma, many os winch d. not ripen in Cali i3.n.a ulj.l August and September ! i t tha vines from winch they were picked Were neither trimmed nor cuf- | tivated. They grow in wilIest profu- sion over arb1r, fence and tree, with but a scanty supply of water. The orange, the lemon, the lime and the l olive may be seen any day growing in the gardens of Dr. Taggart, Mr. Gan lol:o, Jul5e Brinley an others in a perfection of beauty not surpassed in the world. There. too, appears to be the home of the banana; they bear the second year, and with their graceful leaves and golden fruit, are indeed tl.ings of beauty. Those who have seen the pineapple and the cocoanat ] growing on their native heath," have expressed an unqualified opinion that their cultivation in
 YUMA COUNTY
 IS but question of planting and It. tie attention. In fact there is hardly ! product os the tro?ic, semi-tropic or temperate zones, but what will flourish, If given ordinary care, and yet there aye th3dsands upon thousaoIs of acres 'waIting development. We say dsvel- o2mrnt for 1t requires the blow, the lo', ths energy of persistent inlustry anl lf- giving woll.h dispensing water 70 make tlrs soi' soon return the prin cipal and interest in beautiful happy nones. O. the G.ll, within tie boun Aaries of Yu.aa county there are in operation anl construction eight canals. rhe largest Is the Colorado and Gila, the praliminary surveys of which have been male. It will tap the Colorado river twenIy-eisht miles above Yuma running down that river, irrisating acres of splendid bo;5on land, crosses chs GjItrivar passes through Yuma, and then along the low lands below, across the line into Sonora. It will afford water to irrisate about
 lS0,000 ACRES If land-not an acre but what will richly repay the cul,ivator. The Mo hawk canal. os Mohawk valley, is un- ter construction y eastern parties. 1 1t VII open up some 10000 |, acres of magnificent land, both bottom ; ard mesa. The Gih Cry capaI viii t open up about lo,G00 acres, the Tole 10 from l2,000 to 15,O0O, the Ante t lope l5,000, the Hackett 5000, the i 5ont'eras 5,o09, the Manning 3O,00O q Q 25.210 aal She South Gilq from I j9 900 to 53,10)-ac2as. Of these the i ilas..-.t aai Goatrerls ar. now iu op- | 7rc-lon. From a giAuoe aC the figures e '1ovn, waici mny ha depenaol upon q l' abpIo co-fe:s, it will b. sen that ] there will in the near fdture-incluI 2